Pitchfork

Brooklyn-based pedal-mongers A Place to Bury Strangers recently leapt into the ranks of the Pitchfork elite, thanks to their ear canal-melting self-titled debut LP, the most recent release to receive our distinguished Best New Music tag.

That disc came out on tiny New England imprint Killer Pimp Records, but for the next two, A Place to Bury Strangers have inked with Chicago-based upstart Highwheel Records. They already have plans to pack their custom-made pedals and travel to the Windy City to record in December, with eyes on having another release stuffed with all-new material out in early 2008.

For the moment, however, they'll take those one-of-a-kind pedals on the subway (can you say "suspicious package"?) for a few gigs around New York City. The trio also plays the appropriately-named Walls of Sound Festival later this month in Virginia.

A place to experience Strangers:

09-09 New York, NY - Ludfest
09-20 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
09-22 Fredericksburg, VA - Walls of Sound Festival
10-18 New York, NY - 200 Orchard (CMJ)
10-20 New York, NY - Glasslands (CMJ)